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Southeast Wisconsin

Is anyone grafting AG's?

3/30/2014 6:34:43 PM

Wixom MI.

Pumpkingoober grafts watermellon and field pumpkins to ag. Root stock, but their is no rootstock big enough to graft ag too?

3/30/2014 10:09:16 PM

Princeton Kentucky

RJS with the obvious benefits of grafting to both melons and certain type squash its a valid question in my book and something I'm doing this season. From looking at past plant size vs kin size and what I could find out from reading what growers have fed them I believe I've got somewhat of a hold on a couple of good combinations to try and grow this year as a soley grafted AG Plant using both AG scion and AG rootstock. I may be way out there but I truely feel its something that ought to be explored so I am,lol. I think its alot of fun doing so, you never know what will become of trying. One more thing I've been able to do is a reverse double root cleft graft on an AG meaning two small rootstocks cleft grafts into a more (2-3 wk) mature AG scion. That one I'll be growing this season with two 1385 jutras x self rootstocks. It all makes good practice.

3/31/2014 9:25:58 AM

Queensland, Australia

So goober thats two rootstocks joined to one scion? Sounds exciting

4/1/2014 7:27:06 AM

Gays Mills, Wisconsin

I read a study (not involving AGs) that self grafting (just reattach scion to itself) has promoted vigor. It'd fall under the category of supercropping.

4/1/2014 8:41:41 AM

Southeast Wisconsin

I have grafted tomato plants and without doubt the grafted tomatoes out performed the non-grafted plants. With tomatoes you have the rootstock that is known to be disease resistant and have a very vigorous root system. The same would apply to AG's. In my opinion some of the "green' giant maxima's have these traits, at least the vigor part. I think the key here is then is to identify what maxima cultivars have tremendous vigor and perhaps powdery mildew resistance, etc. As far as the process of grafting, it's really not that complicated and can be inside under lights. If someone knows of a strain of AG's or any type of c. maxima that has the traits of what I described above I certainly would be willing to give it a try.

4/1/2014 3:40:41 PM

Central Minnesota

Last year I grew a watermelon grafted to AG Rootstock in my patch. It grew equal to other plants but eventually went down to disease. I didn't lose any other watermelon plants to disease. It was only a single trial but I will stick to more traditional grafting this year.

4/2/2014 9:22:41 AM

Bethlehem CT

Last year I grafted a melon to an AG too. It was the fastest grower until it's stump rotted in July. I think that the AG may be a little too vigorous for the melon... over time you start to see graft incompatibility between the two.

4/2/2014 11:13:32 AM